“Lena bekuyifilosofi kababa futhi izoba yizwi lezinga eliphezulu lokwamukela izihambi,” kusho u-Adam Stewart, uSihlalo Omkhulu we Izimbadada Namabhishi Izindawo Zokungcebeleka, ekhumbula umbono oqondisayo kaGordon “Butch” Stewart.
I-Sandals Resorts yasungulwa nguyise ongasekho, kanti u-Adam unguSihlalo wesibili kuphela emlandweni wenkampani weminyaka engu-40. Wabamba iqhaza ngemuva kokusebenza noyise iminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi amabili, esebenza njengeSikhulu Esiphezulu seSandals Resorts International futhi, muva nje, iPhini likaSihlalo, ehola uguquko lomkhiqizo ekusayineni kwalo manje i-Luxury Included® nokwengamela isikhathi sokwanda okukhulu. okuphinde kwethula indawo yokuqala yokuhlala emanzini kanye nokwengeza izindawo zokungcebeleka ezindaweni ezintsha zaseCuraçao naseSaint Vincent.
“Ngingakusho kugcwale umlomo ukuthi kungenxa yalo mcabango, nokuzinikela kanye nokwenza kahle kweqembu Leqembu Elihamba Phambili Emhlabeni, ukuthi siqhubekile nokuphakamisa nokuhola indawo yokungcebeleka ehlanganisa wonke umuntu.
“Ngaphezu kwalokho, sikhombisile ukuthi ezinye zezinto ezintsha ezithokozisayo nezihlala njalo embonini zenziwa eCaribbean.”
U-“Butch” Stewart wavutha amalangabi embonini yezokuvakasha, futhi konke kwaqala ngendawo eyodwa yokungcebeleka kanye nephupho elikhulu. Eminyakeni engamashumi amane kamuva, waguqula lelo phupho laba Iholide Elinezinkanyezi Ezi-5 Kuphela Emhlabeni Elihlanganisiwe. Namuhla, kunezindawo zokungcebeleka zeSandal and Beaches ezingu-20 eziqhingini ezingu-10 ngaphesheya kwe-Caribbean - e-Jamaica, e-Antigua, e-Saint Lucia, e-Bahamas, e-Grenada, e-Barbados, e-Curaçao, e-Turks & Caicos, nase-Saint Vincent.
U-Adam uphethe ngokuthi: “Sisonga i-Sandals40 - umgubho onezingqimba eziningi wamashumi amane eminyaka okuqanjwa kabusha, ukwethembana, nothando konke okususelwe kule filosofi - kuyilapho siphinde sicabange ngezinyathelo zethu ezibalulekile phakathi nezinyanga eziyi-4 ezedlule - kusukela ekulungisweni kwezigidigidi zamarandi. Izimbadada zaseRoyal Bahamian; ukuvulwa kweSandals Royal Curacao, indawo entsha yokuphumula emangalisayo endaweni entsha; Umfaniswano okhuthazwe yi-Caribbean weqembu lethu yinganekwane uStan Herman; I-Sandal Foundation yethu yama-12 yezinhlelo ezingama-40 zemiphakathi yethu; kanye nokwethulwa kwethu kwe-Future Goals ngokubambisana ne-AFC Ajax - okubonisa ukuzibophezela kwethu ekwenzeni kangcono ngokwethu, ngeDNA kababa kukho konke esikuthintayo.”
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- He assumed the role after working alongside his father for more than 2 decades, serving as Chief Executive Officer of Sandals Resorts International and, most recently, Deputy Chairman, leading the brand's transition to its now Luxury Included® signature and overseeing a period of great expansion that also introduced the region's first over-the-water accommodations and adding resorts in the new destinations of Curaçao and Saint Vincent.
- “Ngingakusho kugcwale umlomo ukuthi kungenxa yalo mcabango, nokuzinikela kanye nokwenza kahle kweqembu Leqembu Elihamba Phambili Emhlabeni, ukuthi siqhubekile nokuphakamisa nokuhola indawo yokungcebeleka ehlanganisa wonke umuntu.
- “Butch” Stewart blazed trails in the hospitality industry, and it all began with one resort and a big dream.
